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New trial finds plant-based diets can still build muscle after 55
Original: Plant-based diets have many long-term benefits. But when it comes to the weight room, a strictly vegetarian diet hasn’t
A new trial challenges the long-standing assumption that strictly vegetarian diets can't help build and protect muscle mass. Researchers found that for people over 55, plant-based eating still supported gains in the weight room, contradicting conventional thinking that animal protein is necessary for maintaining strength in older adults.
Why now: A new trial's findings challenge a widely held belief about plant-based diets and muscle building in older adults.
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Evidence
- Plant-based diets have many long-term benefits. But when it comes to the weight room, a strictly vegetarian diet hasn’t been thought to help with protecting and building muscle mass. But for people over 55, a new trial drops a 45-pound weight on that theory. Read more from @… · ScienceDesk@flipboard.social · 11
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